Ross Crystal

Nearing the one year anniversary of Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia merger, four Democrats in Congress are calling for the Department of Justice to reassess the deal. In a letter to the Justice Department’s top enforcers, the lawmakers say that the merger has enabled Warner Bros. Discovery to “adopt potentially anticompetitive practices” that prompted numerous layoffs and reduced […]

Sean Hannity finally stopped running his mouth and had to apologize for it: The conservative talk host on Thursday fell on a sword for the hundreds of stations that carry “The Sean Hannity Show,” which had unwittingly broadcast a big radio no-no – silence – the day before. The host opened his three-hour midday talk […]

Sean Spicer, the Trump press secretary turned cable news host, is exiting Newsmax, Mediaite has learned. The host of the 5 p.m. show Spicer & Co. will sign off for the last time on Thursday. Sources told Mediaite Spicer decided to leave the network after contract negotiations fell apart. Spicer joined the conservative cable news network founded […]

“This Is Us” alums Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman are reuniting for a drama that has been ordered to series at Hulu, Variety has learned. Hulu is not commenting on exact plot details of the untitled series, but sources describe the show as a thriller and say Brown would star as the head of security for a former president. In addition […]

The Daytime Emmy Awards are going to stay on CBS. The awards show, presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, has inked a new two-year deal that will see the program air live on CBS and for premium subscribers on Paramount+. The deal also includes broadcast rights to the 2024 Daytime Emmys. This year’s ceremony will […]

Fox News filed a letter on Tuesday in Delaware Superior Court confirming who will be available to testify on behalf of the network in Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation suit. The letter listed some of cable news’s top personalities who would be available to testify, including Tucker Carlson, Maria Bartiromo, Sean Hannity, and Jeanine Pirro. Former Fox […]

Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene started with a bang as correspondent Lesley Stahl read aloud things that have been said about the Georgia Republican, including that she’s “unhinged,” a “moron,” and “Trump in high heels.” Before the interview clip, Stahl gave an introduction of Greene, noting that’s often referred to as MTG and has, unlike […]

The Fox News-Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit is going to trial. A judge denied granting a summary judgement Friday to Fox News. The cable network was attempting to get Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit thrown out. Instead, the case will go to trial in mid-April. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis also sided with […]

Reporter Maggie Haberman, who has been covering Donald Trump for the New York Times for years, said the former president was “caught very much by surprise” by Thursday’s criminal indictment by a Manhattan grand jury. “This caught Mar-a-Lago and caught Trump advisers very much by surprise,” Haberman said on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. “They had been believing the idea that the […]

CBS has renewed the venerable cop drama for its 14th season after the cast and producers agreed to take what sources described as a 25 percent pay cut. Sources close to the Tom Selleck production say the stars and key producers all agreed to the pay reduction in order to keep the Friday night cop drama running and […]

Dominion Voting Systems made slides used during a Tuesday court hearing public on Wednesday, offering additional details into the response from top Fox News executives to then President Donald Trump’s outlandish claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Dominion is currently suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, alleging defamation. One newly un-redacted email from Fox News CEO Suzanne […]

Two days after a judge shut down the prosecution’s attempt to bring on a new special prosecutor in the Rust shooting, Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has stepped aside and appointed a pair of special prosecutors — veteran New Mexico attorneys Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis — to take over the high-profile case. “My responsibility to the people of the […]

Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham have made Fox News’ witness list for its defamation trial against Dominion Voting Systems. On Tuesday, a legal filing submitted by the network revealed a slew of people it submitted as potential witnesses in the $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network. Among them were several Fox News personalities, […]

Former President Donald Trump told Sean Hannity he has “the right to take stuff” such as government documents as the former president. Trump addressed the FBI’s execution of a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago estate in August where agents found troves of government documents, some of which were classified. The material in question was supposed to be turned over […]

Layoffs have begun in Disney’s television divisions. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Monday’s layoffs focused production and acquisitions. Among the notable staffers let go Monday are Jayne Bieber, senior vp production at Freeform/Onyx Collective; Mark Levenstein, head of production and postproduction at Hulu; and Elizabeth Newman, head of Disney’s acquisitions department. Sources note Newman’s entire acquisitions team […]

As Fox News finds itself beset by an internal crisis fueled by Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation suit, long-simmering tensions between network CEO Suzanne Scott and star host Tucker Carlson have taken center stage. Carlson, according to sources inside and outside the network who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, has for years been at odds with […]

Vertigo — the Alfred Hitchcock film long considered one of Hollywood’s best — may be getting a remake. Paramount Pictures has acquired the remake rights to the 1958 movie, which starred Jimmy Stewart as an ex-detective hired to follow a friend’s wife (Kim Novak) who has been acting erratically. Robert Downey Jr. is eyeing the Stewart role, with Peaky Blinders creator Steven […]